thomas frieden joins us. and joining us here in washington, d.c., dr. thomas fauci, he serves as their director, good morning director, good morning to you. guest: gorn. host: since we're talking about overall state of america's health concern, can you talk a little bit about where your agencies fit in that larger 30,000 seat role? and dr. freeden, why don't you go first. guest: the center for disease crot works 24/7 to keep americans safe from threat, whether they're infectious, not infectious, whether it's from this country or abroad. identifying environmental threats or helping people live longer, healthier, more productive lives with the nations prevention agency. a lot of our work is done through partners, particularly state and local governments, state and local public health. the kind of people who found an outbreak earlier this year and stopped it. the kind of folks in tennessee who first sounded the alarm on the meningitis outbreak. what we do is a broad range of public health, and prevention. host: dr. fauci? guest: really very complimentry to